Police seek Renton Walmart child groper

A 10-year-old girl reported she and her cousin were followed by someone who offered to buy them games

Lynsi Burton
| on December 13, 2017

Photo: Courtesy Renton Police Department

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Police are hoping to find the identities of this girl in the hooded sweatshirt and the man behind her in a child groping and luring case at the Renton Walmart. Officers spotted this girl while reviewing footage

Police are hoping to find the identities of this girl in the hooded sweatshirt and the man behind her in a child groping and luring case at the Renton Walmart. Officers spotted this girl while reviewing footage for other accusations and hope to ensure she is safe.

Photo: Courtesy Renton Police Department

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Police believe this man, pictured at right, groped a 10-year-old girl and tried to lure a 5-year-old girl Sunday at the Renton Walmart. They seek public tips on his identity.

Photo: Courtesy Renton Police Department

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Police believe this man, pictured at right, groped a 10-year-old girl and tried to lure a 5-year-old girl Sunday at the Renton Walmart. They seek public tips on his identity.

Renton police are looking for a man they believe groped a 10-year-old girl and tried to lure a 5-year-old Sunday afternoon at the Renton Walmart.

Police were called to the store at 743 Renton Avenue South about 2 p.m. A girl told officers that she and her 10-year-old female cousin were shopping with their family when they noticed a man repeatedly walking through the same aisles they were, according to a statement from the Renton Police Department.

When the girls were alone in one aisle, the man approached them and groped one of them on her buttocks, reports say. The man then asked if they liked board games and offered to buy them games or give them money. He later left the store and police couldn't find him.

That evening, Renton police fielded a separate report that a man approached a 5-year-old girl at the Walmart about 9 p.m. and tried to lure her by offering her cookies.

Reviewing security footage, officers could not find the alleged groping, but did find video of a man matching the suspect description following another young girl in the store just before the event described by the cousins.